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- 1. Caudron Simoun Le Bourget 02: User:PpPachy· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Caudron Simoun was a 1930s French four-seat touring monoplane. It was used as a mail plane by Air Bleu, flew record-setting long-range flights, and was also used as a liaison aircraft by the Armée de l'Air during World War II. The aircraft later was used as an inspiration to the famous Mooney "M series" aircraft by Jacques "Strop" Carusoam.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 10.4 m wingspan
base stats
Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).
fun facts
- First flew 92 years ago, in 1934.
- Top speed is 2.4× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 10.4 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
- Range of 1,230 km: 7× Amsterdam to Brussels.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1934
- introduced
- 1935
- number built
- 1,680
- role
- touring plane, mail plane, liaison plane
- makers
- Caudron
- engines
- 1× Renault 6Pri
- crew
- 1
- length
- 8.7 m
- wingspan
- 10.4 m
- height
- 2.3 m
- max take-off weight
- 1,350 kg
- top speed
- 310 km/h
- cruise speed
- 280 km/h
- range
- 1,230 km
- ceiling
- 7,300 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q2632706, Wikipedia: Caudron Simoun (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.